Not"a*ble (?), n.
1. A person, or thing, of distinction.
2.
(French Hist.) One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.
Not"a*ble (?), a. [F. notable, L. notabilis, fr. notare to mark, nota mark, note. See 5th Note.]
1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident.
2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable;
noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person.
&fist; Notable in the sense
of careful, thrifty, characterized by
thrift and capacity (as, a notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many good orthoëpists, n&obreve;t"&adot;*b'l, the derivatives notableness, and notably, being also similarly pronounced with short o in the first
syllable.
3. Well-known; notorious. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hear it pronounced